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TIIE MOItXING OHEGOXTAX, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1921 SOU PRISONER DENIES SUFFERIflS Solitary Confinement Is Re lated by Woman. TREATMENT HELD GOOD Mrs. Margnerlte E. Harrison- De clares All Americans Will IBe Freed in Few Bays. RIGA, July 31. (By the Associated Tress.) Release of all American pris oners in Russia may be expected with in a few days, according to Mrs. Mar gruerite E. Harrison of Baltimore, whir passed many months in prison at Mos cow, but who was released and came here under the protection of Senator 1'rince of Maryland. She was in formed before leaving: Moscow that all would be out soon. Mrs. Harrison pictured her life in prison as- differing far from sketches of her sufferings drawn by travelers. She was thin and frail and her recital was interrupted occasionally by a deep cough. "1 was first arrested April 4, 1920. two months after 1 arrived in Russia," she said. "1 was detained for two days for cross-examination, then was released and for six months was per mitted to work unmolested in Moscow. Second A Trent Is Made. Mil October I was again arrested by rder of the soviet inquisition. I was charged with having come to Russia without permission, with having sup plied food illegally to American and British prisoners and with having been in communication with jeople hostile to the government all of which was true. The examiners were polite, but they made me realize the seriousness of my position. "Then I was put in solitary confine ment six days in a room ljke a small single hotel room. At no time was I in a dungeon. I was removed on my own request to a general room with the occupants varying from seven to ten, where I spent nearly eight months. This building was an old lodging house, it was primarily used for detention only and the physical discomforts there were due to this fact. Another Hearing Held. "The rations were as good as. or better than in the soviet diming rooms outside, but I, like the others, lost weight. Food packages from out side were permitted weekly and in these I shared intermittently. "I had one more hearing in Novem ber, which was without result. At intervals after January 1 I was in formed that there were prospects of my release if the American govern ment demanded it, on the basis of trade negotiations or in exchange for -communist prisoners in America. "On June 6, by order of the prison physician, I was removed to the hos pital in a better equipped prison, especially for women, where I re mained until released, receiving every care and attention. The first word of immediate prospect of my release came through Senator France, who called on me on July 23 and I finally was freed and taken to a railway station." Mrs. Harrison declared she gave no pledge to the bolshevik! not to talk, but refused when asked for one, saying she would not accept re lease under such conditions. Mils REACH HE STOP OF THREE DATS TO BE MADE BY PARTY. Folk Prominent In Portland Life Are Conspicuous In Ranks of Mountain Climbers. BEND, Or, July 81. (Special.) The Mazamas got under way today for their annual outing. Under the guidance of Bob Lewellen, who knows the mountains of central Ore eon as the average city dweller knows his paved streets, three-score mountain climbers and hikers are at Crescent lake, 70 miles south .-of Bend, in the northern end of Klam ath county. They expect to stay there three days, and then will be ready to be"gin the serious business of the year, the scaling of Diamond peak and Mount Thielsen. Their duties as climbers completed, the Mazamas will return to Portland at the end of two weeks, going by way of Crater lake. The Portland contingent arrived this morning, ate breakfast at the Pilot Butte inn, were joined by two of their mem bers. H. Li. Plumb and W. P. Har desty of Bend, and two Neophytes, Miss Agnes Campbell and Miss Eu nice Catlew, and left by auto for Crescent lake, which marks the end f motor transportation. BOOTLEGGER FINED $500 Farmer Escapes Jail Sentence Be cause of Sick. Wife. SALEM, Or., July. 31,. Special.) John Jvayser, owner of a large ranch in the vicinity of Pratum, was fined $500 by County Judge Bushey yester day after he had pleaded guilty , to a charge of bootlegging. Kayser' was arrested several weeks ago. Judge Bushey intimated in passing. sentence that had not Mr. Kayser's wife bean seriously in the penalty would have carried a jail sentence. This is the first' liquor 'case over which Judge Bushey baa presided re cently where the defendant has es caped a jail sentence.- - SHERIDAN SEES PLAY High, School Alumni Present Three-Act Farce. SHERIDAN. Or,. . .July . 31. (Spe cial.) The final presentation of the three-act farce, "Safety First," under the auspices of the Sheridan High School Alumni association, was given before a large crowd last night in the Gordon opera house. - -The- play was given also Friday night. The proceeds will be used to im prove and beautify" the Sheridan high school grounds. ' .... At the Theaters, Hippodrome. LL For Fun and Fun For Alt" A is the billing used by the "Rubatown Follies," headline act of the 'new show which opened at the Hippodrome yesterday afternoon, and the girl andi five men who make CP the act fulfill this description thor oughly. - The men appear in "rube" costume anj the girl is pretty in a pink sun bonnet and gingham gown. Song, dance and: fun are present in h j In generous quantities. A quartet k ii atom or harmony out of a ballad, and every member of the turn is a skillful dancer and an ex Pert in the art of clog, buck and wing and eccentric steps. The- show stopper yesterday was Charlea Gibbs. who calls himself The Musical Nut." He is a clever chap who imitates with amazing accuracy the tones of musical instru ments, birds and animals, and his work yesterday was rewarded with a rich harvest of laughs. His imita tion of a violin and a phonograph, and his whistling were the big hits or his act, and he responded to sev eral encores. Billy Link and Dorothy Phillips (not the movie star) present their mirthful skit, "At Echo "Valley." Their offering is marked by keen patter, which is a rtot of fun. The plot-of the playlet is based on a flirtation between a dapper "city feller" and a country, maid. Bright moments from musical com edy are presented by Jack and Eva Arnold, a talented pair who know how to put over popular songs with applause-bringing results. Jack De-Albert-and Francis Morton open the vaudeville programme with a spe- ' ThU remarkable niimkot waa made the deck ot the Frankfort once capes. cialty they call "A Song and Dance Flirtation." The film feature of the programme is "Life's Darn Funny," with Viola pana .la the stellar role. . . FREE LEGAL AID UGED Help for Those Who Cannot Afford Counsel Advocated. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, July 31. (Special.) The second issue of the Oregon Law Review, published by the University of Oregon, is in the mail. One of the principal articles in this issue is on proposed changes in appellate procedure by Richard W. Montague of Portland. In an article entitled "Portland and Legal Aid" Professor Thomas A Lar- remore of the law school of the Uni versity of Oregon, discusses the ne cessity and advisability of providing free legal aid for those who cannot afford to retain private counsel. He recommends that legal aid, embrac ing both criminal and 'civil matters, personal accident cases and appeals. be provided for the poor. At the same time care should be taken not to invade the realm of proper pri vate practice, he says. A proposed new probate code is among the topics discussed in the notes. The editor of the Law Review is Professor Larremore. This is the last issue he will edit, for he has re signed his position to take a like place at Tulane university, Louisiana, TEACHERS ARE EMPLOYED Soperintendent Voelkor Retained by Hermiston Schools. HERMISTON, Or., July 31. (Spe cial.) The Hermiston public schools will open September 6. A force of 13 teachers will be employed, eight in the grades and five in the high school. All have signed contracts. A C. Voelker again will be super intendent. Other high school teach ers are: Arnold L. Gralapp, science and athletics; Mrs. Roberta M. Gunn, English; Miss Jessie Brierley, Latin, and Miss Florence Long, history and girls' athletics. Grade teachers are: Miss Edith Graves, first grade; Miss Hazel Bo gard, second grade: Mrs. Ruth Wiley Lieuallen. third gradej Mrs. M. S. Miller, fourth grade; Miss Bernice McCoy, fifth grade; Miss Margaret O'Leary, sixth grade; Mrs. L. C. Mor ris, seventh grade, and A. C. Bensel, eighth grade. DAMAGE SUIT APPEALED Mayor Maker and Chief Jenkins Defendants in Ca-son Action. SALEM, Or, July 31. (Special.) Boon Cason, whose son, Wayne Cason, was accidentally killed in the police .station at Portland about a year ago, has appealed his original action for damages tried in the cir cuit court for Multnomah county to the supreme court for final deter mination. . Mr. Cason appears in the suit as administrator of his son's estate. He seeks to recover the sum of $39,000 and names George L. Baker, Mayor of Portland, and Leon Jenkins, chief of police, as defendants. At the time the case was tried in the lower courts a. verdict was returned for the de fendants. The arguments in the CAse will not be heard until early In September. Medford War Veteran Burled. MEDFORD. Or.. July 31. (Special.) The last of the Medford heroes who lost their lives in battle in France and to be buried at home, was Private Joseph T. Holmes,, battery E, 65th artillery, over whose body the final rites wen performed this afternoon, with, largely attended chapel services in this city, and military burial in the Jacksonville cemetery. He was wounded in battle October 10, 1918, In the Argonne sector and died two days later In a field hospital. Read The Orecoaiao classified ads. 1 BOMB VALUES . SHOllBYSIffflGS Changes in Warcraft Armor Considered Likely. EX-GERMAN VESSELS HIT Dr. Ford A. Carpenter Says Tests Are Big Step Toward Safe - guarding of Peace. WASHINGTON, D. C. July 2-4. (Special ) The recent bombing tests off the Virginia capes ended Jn the sinking - of several ex-German war ships by navy airplanes. The cruiser Frankfort and the great dreadmought FORMER GERMAN CRUISER BOMBED BY ARMY AVIATOR. J. f - .-.. y-. -f.-WM- ......V.V... C. B. Naval official photo from Underwood. from tlie air. Just atter a bomb dropped by army aviator had exploded on a (iermii cruiser sending lwr to the bottom of the sea off the V Lrttini-a Ostfriesland were sent to the bottom. The Frankfort was sent to her grave by a direct hit. the Oetfriesland by means of a great 2000-pound bomb exploded alongside. Giant aircraft, some with crews 'of three or more men, Vfpre engaged against the ships on thai surface of the sea. In the r opinion of Dr. Ford A. Carpenter, balloonist and adiviser to the navy and air services of the United States, the tests did more to advance the cause of peace than anything else that 'has happened during the last century. Dr. Carpen ter, a lecturer at-the government air and naval base near Los Angeles, was a Portland visitor last week and had some ideas out of the ordinary to offer concerning the tests. He was a spectator at Norfolk, Va., dur ing the time the planes engaged the naval vessels. - Huge Bombs Are Carried. J "Soldiers "who have been near high' explosives know tne tremendous force that is released," waa the manner in which he began his summary. "The Norfolk - experiments'- put . places in action with huge bombs and they dropped their "eggs' so near the ships that the concussion would, in all certainty, have put ' the crews out of action, if not sinking the ships. '"It is not necessary to score a di rect hit to disable a ship. The vast ex plosion nearby is sufficient to force the crew from their posts and pos sibly kill most of them. . Water is a great conductor of vibration and a smaller ship, over two miles away from the test grounds, was so af fected by the shock that it was dis abled and had to be towed in. The concussion even at this distance put its machinery out of commission, so it can be left to the Imagination what would happen to vessels closer to" the explosions." ' Attack Lasts 31 Minutes. The Ostfriesland sank from tthe force, of explosions, not as the' re sult of a direct hit as was the case with the Frankfort. Six 2000-pound bombs did the business, dropped from a height of 3000 feet. The huge enemy dreadnought sank just 21 min utes after the attack by army fliers, going down by the stern. Prior to the fatal attack the great ship had been the target for 1000-pound bombs, but the former German terror went down ignominJously as the prey of eight 200-0-pound "eggs." It was the last of a series of four tests. The army and navy airmen first attacked a submarine, then a destroyer, third the Frankfort and finally the gTeat Ostfriesland. Only the difference in weight of bombs required to do the business distinguished these various attacks, so far as their effectiveness was con cerned. . The sub-marines turned up their toes under the first rain of 163-pound bombs and smaller de stroyer fire. The destroyer was sunk by 250 and SOO-pound bombs, the Frankfort , required 600-pound bombs before she went below the surface, and finally the great dread nought withstood the fire of all of the attacks until the present maxi mum size ', 2000-pound bomb was used. Construction Changes Likely. Present - day aircraft can carry bombs containing more than three times the amount of TNT contained in a torpedo or the larger mines. High naval officers who observed the experiments lean to the view that the solution lies In keeping control of the air. The 'building of a hull capable of withstanding such ' ex plosions was regarded as practically impossible though some changes In future construction are expected to result. One possibility suggested was that of an armored deck on top of the huH in addition to that Just be low the waterline. The experiments extended over a long period. The first test was with the United 'States battleship Iowa, moving as towards a hostile attack on the coast. A small naval air forced of 27 planes and two "Wimps" located this ship in an area of 20,000 square miles of ocean in two hours and then the planes made hits on a moving target seemingly as easily as on a fixed one. The next test, in the sinking of a submarine, destroyer and cruiser with protecting armor belts of steel, the planes were working as against the protective screen and e-upiply ships of a great fleet. This lesson, in the opinion of the air force, proved that a fleet could be rendered helpless by cutting off its supplies and screen if it did not command the air. . Ostfriealand Final Leuon. The final lesson came with the sinking of the heavily protected Ost friealand. where the ship succumbed to an Indirect attack, for no direct hits were registered. The most un protected parts of a surface ship are its hull below the armor belt and the- upper deck. Hits on deck will destroy the fire control and upper works and kill or threaten a grea.t part of her personnel. A bomb that strikes the water reasonably near and exiplodes after it sinks 10 or 15 feet may open the seams of the thin plates below the armor 'belt. This was the case with the Ostf riesland, for the bombs that sank her had virtually the same "effect as would a mine or torpedo. The air bomb effect there fore seems to be the same as either a mortar shell or torpedo, depending On where it hits. It was true in all these tests that the ships could not fight back, but the airmen pointed out that their at tack could be from such a height as effectually to dispose of this danger. The naval observers took the lesson of sea power of the future much to heart, and the proponents of the tests hold that sea power of the future i will depend on air power and sub marine power, in other words, a three-place navy, on the surface, and above and below the surface. METHODISTS TO GATHER Many Preachers Will Attend Big Cottage Grove Camp Meeting. COTT AtjUS GBOVE. Or., July 31, (Special. 'Indications are that 60 per cent of the Methodist preachers of the state will be in attendance at the first, annual camn meeting of the Oregon conference, which opens here August 11. according to replies re ceived by the local committee. Many will bring their families and quite an atendance is expected from out side the state and from other de nominations. Some of the best speak ers -of tje Methodist church will con duct the meetings. The local church hopes to be able to get Cottage Grove selected as the permanent location for . the camp meeting. A very desirable tract Is offered for the purpose. BIG BID II0TB0NA FIDE Government' Receives Offer of - 910,000,000 for 287 Ships. WASHINGTON, D. O, July 31. A bid of $10,000,000 for the whole gov ernment fleet of 287 wooden Sressels was received yesterday by the ship ping board' from R. A Thompson & Co., New Tork, but the envelope did not contain a check for Jl, 000,000, the required 10 per cent deposit. - Five of the 15 bids received were from Japanese brokers of Seattle, one offering $10 per ship for 10 ships. Forestall and MacQuaidr Seattle, of fered $25,575 for 43 ships. The board took the bids under con sideration. The shipping board was advised later by the Thompson company that its $10,000,000 bid had been forwarded inadvertently. EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL Diphtheria Believed Checked at Al bert! n a Kerr Xursery. No further cases of diphtheria rwere developed at the Albertina Kerr nursery home over Sunday, according to the report of the nurse in attend ance. The 14 cases reported Satur day have been isolated, and it was thought this action had resulted In a check to the spread of the contagion. The home, caring for 50 babies and having ten nurses and six attendants, was placed under quarantine Satur day by Dr. George Parrish, city health officer, following a voluntary quarantine ordered by Dr. Howard Smith, attending physician of the foundling home. The quarantine will last until the cultures turn negative, probably two weeks or longer. . For Infanta & Invalids NO COOKmn n 5"ood - Drink" tor All Ages. Quick Lunch at Home, Office, and fountains. Atk for HQWJCJCS. wAfoid Imitations &SubsSlc!c HIGHWAY LODGE Formerly Automobile Club IS miles east of Portland on Colum bia River Highway and Base Line road. Dinners served for $1.50. meals a la carte, private dining; rooms for parties. Special arrangement can be made .for private dancing and dinner parties. For reservations phone Tabor 1. ItplgPgfSafe Aliiir mask 4 IfJ AUTD HUE ROBBED TWO MASKED 5IEX JUMP 'OS x RCWIXG BOARD. You n Persons Give Tp $3 2 at Early Morning Honr; Rings Returned by Searcher. Two men held np and robbed two men and two women shortly after 1:30 o'clock yesterday morning on the Riverside road. The victims of the holdup, all young persons, are James Morgan of Seattle; Georgia Black, 271 Market street; Elva Wood. 334 Fourth street, and Clifford Wiest, 640 Grand avenue. The robibers got $32 in money, after commanding that the young persons remain where they were until a. safe get-away was made. Viest said the young persons were driving'their car at a very slow rate toward the city when the two men came from the ide of the road and lumped on the running board. One of the men had a gun and the other a flashlight. Both had handkerchiefs tied over their faces. They ordered the car stopped and the four occu pants to get out. Wiest and Oordan both had watohos and Miss Wood had two. diamond, and- one ruby . ring. The man with the light did the searching while the other stood guard with a revolver. The searcher first took Miss Wood's rings but was advised to re turn them and take only money. Miss Wood pleaded with him and the rings were returned. 'Gordon's pockets yielded $20 and Miss Black gava Mp $12. i EUGENE SEEKS GATHERING Convention of Physical Educators Wanted for Fair Tear. . TTNTVT? RS IT Y OF OREGON. Eugene, July 31. (Special.) An effort is being made to obtain the selection of Eugene as the 1925 convention city of the American Physical Education as sociation, according to Dr. John F. Bovard. dean of the school of physical education at the University of Ore gon." If successful, the delegates lo the convention will be guests on the university campus at that time. Dr. Bovard was elected a member of the national council of the associ ation et its 2Sth annual convention held in Oakland. Cal., this week. This council is the governing body of the association and is composed of about 20 members. He" was a member of the committee for selecting conven tion cities, and together with other members of the committee a strong bid is being made to bring the 1925 meeting to Oregon. SOLDIER'S FUNERAL HELD Archie E. Davis Buried 'With Full 3Iilitry Honors. ALBANY. Or, July 31. (Special.) The funeral of Archie E. Davis, Al bany boy, who was killed in the Ar gonne and whose body reached here a few days ago from France, was held this afternoon at the First Christian church here. Rev. RoyTIealy, paetor of the church, conducted the services. A military burial was conducted at Riverside cemetery. A firing squad from, the local company of the Oregon national guard officiated. Members of the American Legion were pall bearers. Davis. and two of his brothers en listed in Company L, 3d Oregon in fantry, " of Dallas, and - were . trans ferred to other organizations later. One of his brothers waa gassed and wounded. The young soldier was a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis of this city. Plane May -Spread Gospel. SALEM," Or., July 30. (Special.) rPVi cniinnl will he cTirpn nv y Orp- gon by airplane if the secretary of state issues a lioense lor the opera tion of a plane, filed here today by the Apostolic Faith Mission, 712 Schuyler street, Portland. The appli cation contained the signature of Robert Crawford, pilot and aviator. The plane has, a carrying capacity of a passenger and pilot. Work, on Hospital to Start. SALEM, Or.. July 31. (Speci'al ) Approximately $46,000 of the sum of Young Ideas are often mad gambling to gain success at a single tnrow TODAY "VIOLA. DANA trt LIFE'S DARN FUNNY enadfcs what happened to a gid who listened to a boy vrith an idea as young as they From Christine Jope Sladets Saturday Evening Post story, "Care takers Within" Adapted by MoBy Pan and Arthur D- Ripley HiPPODROMfc ps-yi metro v ji--" TODAY 'V JC WISE I -FOOIL 1 I l i-W" "5 a He thought he had the ( f j 1 I -m-0.il mil -world by the tail but a If! - Y V vl' l happened. I t J '"".v J ' ; The story is from Sir rt J f H '1 Gilbert Parker's "The ) Money Master." I 'in -ii m ii SCREENLAND I Z? J ! i ffe'.Vv&r-l'j, v JYS SJ' ; wfet?'-V --44 ' : - Telepko., Pice iS": f . ftS E f 3 T7" TVT "V TIT T T71 CI A -.T - T-k m T w rj a m li w?V IV 1 U VY Li i a V IN L) 1 11 . R n ANOTHER FINE BILL TODAY $75,000 necessary to complete the original unit of the proposed new hospital has been advanced by sub scribers and actual work on the structure will start within the next two weeks. The contract for the THE EVOLUTION OF A MAN' T HE-NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL-BANK PORTLAND KNOWLES A N D THE COLUMBIA PICTURE PLAYERS AT THE HOUSE OF "ALWAYS GOOD PICTURES work has been awarded to a Salem contractor. Supreme Court Adjourns. SALEM. Or.. July 81. (Special.) Following the handing down of nine pi; "IS future is being molded, and you tor. ' True, his brothers and sisters, his play mates and his teachers influence him to a great extent, but it is to you, his father and mother, that he turns for final decision. Great is your responsibility in the rearing of a man-child. Do you realize the necessity of teaching him thrift? Are you impressing upon his open mind the fact that he must develop into an asset ... self-supporting . . . and later to support others? Tell him now that every deposit in his Northwestern savings account is a milestone on the "Straight Road to Success." TODAY opinions here yesterday, the Oregon bupreme court adjourned until Sep tember 1. Most of the justices ex pect to leave Salem and will pass their vacations in different parts of the state. are the sculp OREGON